An Unusual Street-Cleaning Machine

A Chinese city has introduced a new street-cleaning machine, composed of a tractor and more than a dozen bamboo brooms.

The street cleaner, spotted by tourists in Qinghuangdao city, Hebei province, is a great source of amusement. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing, but it was really cleaning the street", said a passer-by.

More than a dozen brooms are attached to a machine able to turn clockwise or counter-clockwise. But the cleaner is only able to move litter and dust to the side of the street, where another has to clear it later.